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.MING OLD CAR
LOOK LIKE NEW
AT. SHALL COST
Suburban Autolst Who Had
Become Ashamed of
Weather Beaten Body
"Fixed It Up.1
TTiere Is no reason why the owner
of an automobile who has driven his
car for one or two seasons, until
tha body finish has become dull,
should envy his neighbors who spin
abotjt in newer cars, for almost any
rrian can keep his car looking very
nearly as good as new if he cares
to take the trouble. Irideed, it is
not an unpleasant undertaking to
rcfinish your car every year, and if
tint precaution la taken tn time it
coats very little. ,
A auburbanite who had grown to
be aomewhat ashamed of the ap
pearance of his car after using it
for two years, tells how he was in
duced to renew the body finish, and
the means he used may suggest to
other motorists how they can pre
serve the new appearance of their
automobiles. .;
"A neighbor across the street," he
said, "had a big eight-cylinder car,
which I noticed was always left
standing in front, pf his house in all
kinds of weather. I often wondered
Vwhy he was so indifferent to the
possible consequences on its, body
finish, and after two years the ma
chine looked as if it were ready for
the junk pile.
Refinishing Cost Heavy.
"Last summer the appearance of
fcia car began to get on the -owners'
nerves and he decided to have it re
painted. He took h' to a' local auto
mobile paint shop, where it was
""found that the original finish was
so badly cracked that . the surface
ha J- ! to be, removed. Then eight
cqats of paint, with a final coat of
varnish, were put on. The Cost was
Something like $85, and prices have
gone up appreciably . since - then.
However, the job was well d?ne,
aid when ray neighbor appeared in
his repainted car I, began to feel
jhow badly my car suffered by com
parison. "I had always made it a custom
to put my car in the garage when it
was standing idle for any length of
time and not leave it in front of
my house. Notwithstanding this
earn the lustej- of the body gradual
ly began to disappear' as the first
season went by, and at the end of
--the second ynf , it .had almost ' a
slate colory ' - ' .
- .Trie$4Own Varnishing.
""Several garage owners told me
that the finish could be-renewed by
' the application1, of a little vanish,
and (I found upon inquiry that the,
automobile painters were asking $25
, for the job. '.The' work of'varnish-
ing a car did notVseenf to be par
: ticularly difficult, sc. I invested $1.50
in a brush and" 65 cents in a can of
varnish and 'made preparations to
' give my car a new dressing. I first
- washed both body and chassis with
luke-warm water and then drove it
-iwierr4 tree at the side of the
, house, ' . ,
"Smoothing ; ft" Down." v
"One of the amusing incidents in
connection with my first undertak
ing as an autctnobile painter oc
curred when my neighbor, who was
, working in his garden, stopped now
Snd then to watch my progress. It
, took a couple of hours to put on
each coat of , varnish, and friend
- neighbor had the-, opportunity, of
seeing the job completed while he
was hoeing his potatoes. Finally
he dropped his'", hoe and c,arne over
under the tree. He took one good
lopkt the car and muttered: 'Just
to think what a fool I was to drop
that $85. Why, you've done a bet
ter job than, they did on my car.'
"When the first coat hasfdried for
fPHE Prodium Process does tougri
i en Staggard Treads to a remark
sable degree; it does make Republic
f Tires last longer.
It ii easy 'to prove this. Examine the
tread of any Republic Tire that has,
been driven several thousand miles. .
Yoti'Wfll at once remark the notable
absence of chipping and cutting that
you would expect to find in a tire
that had undergone such usage.
It will pay you to look into the longer
life of Republic Tires and their copse-
quent savings. : 1
KOPAC BROTHERS' .
2037 Farnam'.
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LAWTON AUTO CO.
14 WhI Brmtwr C: Bluff .
'.' "N UESCHE MOTOR CO.
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Members of the famous Elk quartet which wiM amg daily at the
Omaha auto'show are C. S. Haverstock, J. F. McCarger, J. R. Gerke and
Alex Bernstroim' 1 ' 1
24 hours it is a good plan lo rub the
body down gently with pumice and
water, taking care to have a soft
wool rag." When the second coat Of
varnish is applied it should be al
lowed to set for at least a week, at
the end of which any little rough
ness in the surface may be rubbed
ou,t by using rotten stone with a
Spanish felt rubbing. pad."
Tourists Bring r'v
Money to Towns '
- That Attract Them
Money in the average town circu
lates. It moves in a circle 'from in
dustry to employes, from employes
to store,' from stores to bank, and
back to industry again. Additions
from outside. sources, therefore, are
real gains, real profits to the com
munity. Money left In town by jur
ists is such a profit.
Therefore the town that repelsfau
tomobilists by poor roads lack of
signs and petty traffic restrictions is
losing money. The community that
goes out of its way to attract motor
ing travel is doing some, real good
tor itself. e .:.,.",
To draw,-the stranger and treat
him well is more than merely adver
tising the' town. It is making
money.- The Ohio Motorist.
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Concern Now Makes 4,000
' Lighting Sets Per Day
Evidence of the substantial and
rapid growth of the motor car in
dustry during the last eight years is
contained in recently compiled fig
ures showing the increase in produc-
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uon ui auioiiiouin starving ana
lighting systems by the Electric
Auto-Life corporation, a' unit of the
Willys corporation. From 100 start
ing and lighting sets per month, the
Electric Auto-Lite, during the eight
year period, has increased "its pro
duction until it now is manufactur
ing 4,000 sets daily. 3?
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Glycerine Keeps Your
; Radiator Clean Always
"It has been found that "glycerine
keeps the radiator clean," says John
D. Mansfield, general sales manager
of the Dort Motor Car company.
"Glycerine in the radiator has a
tendency to keep down scale. It has
long been used in steam boiler op
erations' for just this purpose. In
winter driving it can be used for the
double purpose of an anti-freeze so
lution." '
DAVENPORT TIRE RUBBER CO.
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aa4 Davcaport SU Omaha. Nab.
Tires
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Quartet Is
the Auto Show
Gas Costs $1 a Gallon
In Spain, Dealer Sys
The Cadillac 'representative in
Spain on a visit to America some
time igo, revealed a peculiar con
dition in that country. Some .of the
finest hiehwavs in the world and
a generally excellent road " system
exists m bpain, ne says, out me
of gasoline has receded but little
since the signing of the armistic.
During the war gasoline was. $4 a
gallon and today the best price at
whicrf one can by it is, $1- -
Another peculiar fact about Spam
is that although there is, a popula
tion of 20,000,000 people, there are
only 7,000 cars. ,
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NEW BODY LINES
IN THE MITCHELL
AT AUTO EXHIBIT
"Very Spirit of Automobile"
Breathed Forth in Beauti
ful Conception of
, Designers.
An important new feature in body
lines to be noted on cars at the
Omaha automobile show this year
will be the Mitchell Motors com
nanv's' entirely new conception 6f
what body lines should be. The new
Mitchell body, company omctais say.
is designed to express the, very spirit
of the automobile.
"These 1920 models represent the
first attempt by manufacturers to
harmonize ihe mechanism of the
chassis with the lines of the body
declare officials of the J. T. Stewart
companyr 2048-52 Farnam street,
Omaha distributers of .Mitchell cars.
Followed Nature.
The Mitchell Motors company fol
lowed the lead of mother Nature and
the old master designers and have
sloped back the radiator of their
new model. The sloping lines are
further emphasized by 4wo series of
narrow sloping louvers in the hood.
The back of the hood, the line of the
ccwl, the windshield and all the
door lines are . also raked back to
heighten the effect of grace and
smooth speed.
While leg room is 'unusually gen
erous and seats fully as wide as nor
mal, the body has a slim, keen ap
pearance seldom seen except inex
pensive custom-built jobs carefully
designed to give this effect.
, No "Extreme" Style?. '
It should npt be understood from
this that the cars are extreme in ap
pearance. While the appearance of
the new Mitchell is. radically differ
ent, the innovations are. so natural
in their conception and so well
worked out thSt they strike the ob
. Inspection . .
March First to Sixth from
nine until four, Avenue ti,
First 'to Ninth Street, East
Omaha, Nebraska. 1
server as just the right thing and
sometningrnat snouia nave been
done a long time ago.
A five-passenger touring car and a
three-passenger roadster, with the
same graceful sloping lines, com
pose the open models on' the
Mitchell chassis. A five.-passenger
sedan and a four-passenger coupe,
also of custom-built standard, com
plete the- Mitchell line, which is on
exhibition complete at the Omaha
show. t
The chassis is little chanted (mm
last year's model, which is oerform-
ing so successfully in the hands of
thousands of owners. f -
Grant Cars Will Be
Sold Only for Home -r
Trade in the Future
With its production equipment
taxed to capacity by the America
demand for Grant light six motor
cars, .the Grant Motor Car corpora
tion of Cleveland has decided to ac
cept no new orders for shipment of
cars to foreign countries.
In the future the Grant export
policy will be confined to filling foreign-
orders already oi the com
pany's books and caring only for
export contracts already made.
This change of export policy, it js
believed, will assist the Grant dealer
organization in meeting the demand
for the -Grants in America.
Lewis,- manager of the
Omaha Aito Sales company, 2060
Farnam street, local -distributers of
Grant sixes, says he is in hearty ac
cord with this announcement by
George S Wajte, general sales man
ager of the Grant corporation, since
the demand for Grant cars in this
territory has kept at all times far
ahead of deliveries from the factory
in Cldjreland.
Hissing In Cylinders
1 Means Leaking Valves
The firsts hint of leaking valves
is a hissing sound in the cylinders
when compression occurs. The best
method of following this clue is
simply to turn over- the crankshaft
Slowly, listening meanwhile to de-
lermine ne location of the leak.
Tie Directors of the
a Refining Company
request the pleasure of your presence
at the commencement of operations
of their '
Modern Oil Refinery
on Monday the first day pf March
Nineteen hundrecana twenty
, Directors
G. H. Conant
A.W.Gordon
V. Fox "
Df W.Lennox
Earl Oswald '
C. E. Heaney
JEWETT CAN SEE
REAL REASON TO
BE OPTIMISTIC
Most of the Problems Have
Been Solved and Conditions'
. Are Returning to
Normal. ,
' By Harry M. Jewett,
President Paige-Detroit Motor
Car Co.
This is the tune of the" year when
automobile manufacturers are gen
erallyaske"d: "What is the outlook
for the motor car industry?"
The question, to say the least, is
trite, and it is not often the inspira
tion for any original comment It is
very easy to make ft a text for a
great many booming phrases that
mean little,, if anything. The hur
rah sttiff'is of little value, especially
when it is hollow.
"Yet we believe in real optimism
just as thoroughly as we believe in
courage and avisipn and imagination
in operating great business under
takings," said Harry M. Jewett,
head of the Paige-Detroit Motor
company "We believe in it and
also believe that the legitimate
brand of business optimism has
been a potent factor in carrying the
automotive industry through many
fitful periods.
"During the war and the period
following that brought war's usual
aftermath of harassing problems no
industry was more thoroughly tried
than ours. The problems, the dis
appointments. ' the difficulties have
been met, I think, with fine courage
and great resourcefulness. No
American business man, in the auto
motive or any other field, will allow
such difficulties to floor him or to
transform him into a pessimist.
"Now there is every reason to be
optimists. Most pf our problems
have been solved, abnormal condi
tions ate fast returning to normal
and the industrial world is once
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J.K.Jones
Bert LeBron
C.E. Lear
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more getting its feet on the ground.
In conjunction with this cheering
fact is another the - continuing,
clamoring demand in this country
for our product, to say nothing
abeut the possibilities of the hungry
foreign markets."
New Cadillac Type
Will Be Shown for
First Time at Show
The J. H. Hansen Cadillac tom
pany will show the new late Type
59 Cadillacs for the first time v in
Omaha at the automobile show this
wtek.
'Some of these late creations of
the Cadillac factory, including a
new 13J-itich wheelhas.e touring car.
a sedan, suburban, roadster and
foir-passenger, are coming in by
express purposely for exhibition irt
Omaha -during: show week.
These new Cadillacs, the culmina
tion of 17 years of constant effort,
werebig attractions, at the eastern
shows. s.Afr. Hansen's space at the
Omaha shjw this year will perhaps
permit only the exhibition of the
ne v tourirg car, but his newly re
modeled salesrooms will give space
for showing various types now being
manufactured.
Great improvements have been
made in the bodies, in the starting
and lighting equipment, in the car
buretion, in the motor chain adjust
ments and coolinsr svstem. to pro
duce even greater efficiency and
comfort, more economical upkeep.
'and more restfuluess to car owners.
France . May Adopt Yankee
Methods, But Never Names
According to Paris motor show
correspondents of the last month,
American automotive design is
widely followed in the new French
cars. But so- far as we can learn
French manufacturers have jiot
voted to call -the Salon "The Motor
Car Exhibition;" what is de luxe
"luxurious;" a chauffeur a "stoker;"
or a limousine sf "Pittsburgh."
Motor Life.
t Electrically heated gloves were
one of the novelties exhibited at the
recent London Olympia Automobile
show.
Gasoline
Kerosene
Fuel Oil
Distillate
Lubricating Oils
and Greases
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BEAUTY DISPLAY
OF THE NASI! GO.
PLEASURE CARS
Exhibit Will Be One Most
Attractive Cars Repre
sent Advanced Engineer
ing Skill.
The exhibit of the Nash Motors
Co. at the Omaha Automobile
Show is to be one of the most at
tractive displays in the exposition,
according to T. H. McDeartnon,
manager of the Nash Sales Co.,
Omaha distributors of Nash pleas
ure cars and trucks.
The Nash exhibit will consist of
models in both open and closed
"The outstanding feature of tha
Nash Six," says Mr. McDcarmon,
"one which will appeal most strong
ly to show visitors, is its perfected '
valve-in-head motor. The fact that
its valve mechanism is enclosed and
automatically lubricated, and the
fact that it is simple -and efficient in
design are the reasons it has become
known as the "perfected TaiTe-in-fcead
motor.' "
"Like its motor, the Nash six
throughout, from its long .flat
springs to its luxurious body, rep
resents advanced engineering and
unusual value.
"The Nash Six has a smoothness
of performance made- possible by
being designed and built under the
supervision of one organization; it
is built practically complete from
its taper roller bearings ot finest
nickel steel to its staunch and com
fortable body, in the factory of the
Nash Motors Co, at Kenosha. '
"The many savings effected in the
cost of manufacture because of the
building of the Nash six practically
complete in one factory are all re
flected in , the selling price of the
completed car."
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